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Charity Challenge

Charity Challenge is an opportunity for University of Leicester PhD students to develop career management transferrable skills whilst working in a volunteering context. Each PhD student raises money over a six month period to enable them to engage in an international volunteering activity, in the third world. The objective is for students to take part in this activity in a team environment and in this way enhance a range of transferrable skills of relevance to their professional future. The volunteering activity is a two week project designed to help a third world community, e.g. through refurbishing a school, nursery or other community location. Through engagement with this activity, as part of a team, participants skills are challenged and enhanced. Students are responsible for making sure that they have adequate medical, and travel insurance. They are also responsible for making sure that you have received all necessary medical vaccinations.
Institution(s):
University of Leicester
Region(s):
Midlands, International
Date first submitted:
6 Sep 2010
Date last modified:
18 Oct 2010
Focus:
  • Personal effectiveness
  • Equality and diversity related activities
  • Knowledge exchange
  • Enterprise-related activities
  • Career development
Audience:
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Doctoral researchers
Range:
  • Institution
Rationale, aims and outcomes
What is the rationale for doing this?
How does it fit with institutional strategy?
What are the main features of the provision?
What are the aims and expected outcomes?

Through Charity Challenge participants have an opportunity to:

- raise money for a charitable cause;

- give two weeks of their lives to help others;

- step out of their comfort zone;

- work as part of a team;

- develop their transferrable skills;

- have a potentially life-changing and life enhancing experience.

 

 

Participants will develop a range of work-related transferrable skills including:

-  Communication;

- Teamworking skills;

- Relationship development;

- Problem solving;

- Flexibility;

- Resilience;

- Results orientation.

 

 

 

 

Engagement
Are there any pre-requisites for engagement, e.g. levels of skill, years of experience, essential pre-activities?
How many participate in each 'activity'?

All  PhD students at the University of Leicester are eligible to take part.

Evaluation: benefits, challenges and next steps
How do you monitor effectiveness?
Who do you seek feedback from?
Do you have benchmarks?

Participating students have an opportunity to broaden their life perspective through participation in an activity designed to help others.  In addition to gaining the specified transferrable skills they also work in a new environment outside of their comfort zone and experience the rewards of helping others.

Students are responsible for making sure that they have adequate medical, and travel insurance.  They are also responsible for making sure that you have received all necessary medical vaccinations.

Over time this will become a self-funding activity.  Each year a very small portion of funds raised by each anticipating student goes towards the set-up costs for the next year's Charity Challenge.  Thus the activity is not dependent on University or other financial resources.

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Mr Martin Coffey